The Tribeca/ESPN Sports Film Festival On Demand will run from June 23 through August 25, and will be available in more than 40 million homes via cable, telco and satellite systems.  Additionally, some titles will be available on the web via digital On Demand services. Viewers will be able to access the films on many of the systems through the “Tribeca Film” category of video-on-demand menus, pay-per-view offerings and other branded destinations online. Tribeca Film will also roll out TURKEY BOWL theatrically with a limited New York run beginning on June 3, 2011.

The Tribeca/ESPN Sports Film Festival On Demand brings an exciting level of sports entertainment—both features and documentaries—home to audiences.  The titles cover a wide spectrum of sports, including: CATCHING HELL, from director Alex Gibney, about baseball’s most famous scapegoats; TURKEY BOWL, a narrative feature about a group of friends that get together every year for the time,-honored tradition of touch football; RENÉE, about transgender tennis player Renée Richards; FIRE IN BABYLON, about the champion West Indies cricket team; and BOYS OF SUMMER, about the Little League World Series.

“For the past five years, an exceptional range of sports films have premiered at the Tribeca/ESPN Sports Film Festival. This summer, for the first time together with ESPN, we are excited to be able to bring a selection of high quality and diverse competition themed films to audiences nationwide On Demand,” said Geoffrey Gilmore, Chief Creative Officer, Tribeca Enterprises.

“We are honored each year to partner with the Tribeca Film Festival to deliver compelling sports stories that connect with a diverse audience of moviegoers,” said Connor Schell, executive producer, ESPN Films.  “Being able to offer the Tribeca/ESPN Sports Film Festival On Demand gives us yet another platform to reach people who are interested in entertaining content that weaves together competition and sports themes with captivating human stories.”

Created in March 2008, ESPN Films produces high-quality films showcasing intimate and compelling stories.  Additional projects from ESPN Films include, among others, the critically acclaimed and Television Academy Honor-winning 16^th Man, Cannes film festival official selection The Two Escobars, and the Peabody Award-winning Black Magic.  Catching Hell, from Academy Award-winning filmmaker Alex Gibney, and Renée, from filmmaker Eric Drath, will be released in 2011.

Photo Caption: 5th Test England v West Indies at The Oval 1976 Michael Holding celebrates the dismissal of Tony Greig from "Fire in Babylon" distributed by Tribeca Film. Photo Credit- Patrick Eagar

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